John D. Kimble, a prominent longtime Hollywood talent agent at agencies including DHKPR, Triad and William Morris, died Sunday in Dallas. He was 79.
Born in Kingsville, Texas, he was raised in Uvalde, Texas and graduated the University of Texas, El Paso with a theater degree. He started out hoping to act in Westerns, and was offered a contract through Screen Gems. But Kimble pivoted to representing actors rather than performing, and began his agency career working with Joan Scott at Writers and Artists.
Kimble set up his own shingle in 1977, and the next year, merged his company with the agency run by Gene Parseghian to for
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